Please join UBA in welcoming two new Partner Firms to our community of dynamic benefits advisory firms – Mahowald in St. Cloud, Minnesota, and VistaNational Insurance Group in Oak Brook, Illinois.

We also bid farewell to 360 Corporate Benefit Advisors, who accepted an offer to be acquired, and Winter-Dent, who became an ESOP, requiring the firms to discontinue their partnership in UBA. We wish these two firms continued success.

Mahowald

As a stable presence in the Minneapolis-St. Cloud area for nearly 90 years, Mahowald Insurance Agency has always been passionate about serving the community they live and work in.

Mahowald provides commercial risk solutions, employee benefits and personal risk management and insurance, all with the goal of protecting clients from harm so that they're free to create the success they desire. Actively involved in the community, Mahowald partners with United Way, Habitat for Humanity, Junior Achievement, Kids against Hunger, and more.

Four years ago, their leadership model changed to include non-family ownership, demonstrating their desire to ensure the firm's financial security. "By having a perpetuation plan that extends out to their employees, Mahowald brings the type of leadership and stability that allows UBA Partner Firms to grow, stay independent, and share their success. This makes Mahowald an ideal UBA Partner," says UBA President Peter Weber.

To learn more about Mahowald, visit mahowald.net.

VistaNational Insurance Group

Founded by former healthcare and insurance carrier executives, VistaNational provides comprehensive solutions in health, dental, life, disability, vision and long-term care employee benefits to clients large and small. Their mission is to be large enough to offer a multitude of solutions, yet remain small enough to offer platinum customer service..

"At VistaNational, we understand that today's benefits landscape is complicated due to changes in healthcare legislation, rising costs, and an evolving workforce. It is more important than ever to work with an experienced benefits partner who cares as much about finding the best coverage for employees and containing costs – we believe that our partnership with UBA will further enhance our offerings through collaboration and shared resources," says David Schwimmer, CEO of VistaNational.

To learn more about VistaNational, visit www.vistanational.com.